Can-opener



(No Mod el.)

: H. BRUGKERMAN.

CAN OPENER.

No. 37 ,577. I Patented Jan-.17, 1888;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN BBUGKERMAN, OF TABLE ROCK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ERICK BRUCKERMAN, OF POKER FLAT, CALIFORNIA.

CAN-OPENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,577, dated January 17, 1888.

Application filed October 25,1886. Serial No. 217,173. (No model.)

To all whom it Jnay concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMAN BRUOKERMAN,

of Table Rock, in the county of Sierra and State clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing, which forms part of this specification. Y

My invention relates to an improvement in can -openers; and it consists in a suitablyshaped blade provided with a handle and having a bend at nearly right angles at its inner end, and a suitable notch formed in the bend, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to provide a can-opener which is so shaped that with it persons can open tin cans of all shapes with ease and without any danger of cutting themselves.

The accompanying drawing is a perspective view ofa can-opener embodying myinvention.

H represents the handle, and I the steel shank which is inserted therein. Upon the outer end of this shank is formed the sharppointed blade 0, which may be either of the shape here shown or any other that may be preferred. At the inner end of this blade 0 the shank is given a bend, D, at or about right angles, and in this bend is formed a sharpedged notch, A, in order to catch over the edge of the can that is being opened after the blade 0 has been forced down through its top 3 5 and the hnndleturned down, as shown in dotted lines, and thus form a fulcrum upon which the handle turns. The edge of this notch A is made sharp, so that when the handle is turned down this sharp edge makes a slight indenta- 40 tion on the rim of the can and acts as a catch or ratchet, and thus while acting as a fulcrum for the handle will prevent the blade from slip ping back. Whether a round or a square can is being opened, the notch catches over the edge of the can and forms a fulcrum upon which the handle is pressed downward, while the blade is forced upward to out through the top of the can.

'Having thus described my' invention, I 5c claim- A can-opener consisting of the shank I, provided with the bend D, having the notch Ain one edge, and the blade 0, bent substantially parallelwith said shanl ,substantiallyasshown and described. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERMAN BRUCKEBMAN. Witnesses:

' FREDRICK BRUOKERMAN,

SAMUEL Barns DAVIDSON. 

